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Facebook is notifying users whose data was captured by the "This is Your Digital Life" app used by Cambridge Analytica on that social network. If you were one of the 87 million whose info was snagged without your permission, you will eventually see a notice at the top of your News Feed.

Users whose data was captured by Cambridge Analytica on Facebook will see this notice when visiting a special page set up to inform users about their status.

Users whose data was captured by Cambridge Analytica on Facebook...

Those whose data was not captured by the app will see this:

Photo: Chronicle Screenshot / Facebook

Users whose data was not captured by Cambridge Analytica will see this.

Users whose data was not captured by Cambridge Analytica will see...

The launch of the page comes on the same day that Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg begins a two-day stint testifying before Congress regarding the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and the use of Facebook in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 presidential election.

You can watch the livestream of Zuckerberg's Tuesday testimony here starting at 1:15 p.m. CDT.

Dwight Silverman is the technology editor for the Houston Chronicle and the grillmaster for the TechBurger tech news site. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.